ACA Professional Subconsultants Agreement - CPD on demand

Join the ACA and our expert speakers from MinterEllison, Planned Cover and informed by Planned Cover for a CPD webinar to discuss the updated ACA Professional Services Subcontract. Learn more about the key issues and managing risk when engaging professional subconsultants.  Originally held 15 June 2022.

The ACA Professional Services Subcontract (updated October 2021) is available for members to use when a back-to-back agreement is required with the Lead Consultant, providing a guide for the straightforward engagement of subconsultants.

Content covered in the webinar will include:

• An introduction to the ACA subconsultant contract template – how to use it and what’s new in version 2
• The purpose and benefits of the contract, contractual/legal requirements for formal agreements and the residual risk
• The risks and impacts of proceeding without a formal agreement
• The potential impacts of accepting agreements with unreasonable risk allocation or carve outs of agreements to limit passthrough of the full head contract requirements
• The insurer’s perspective on having a formal agreement or other bespoke arrangement in place
• Insurer and architect war stories reflecting potential risks at play

Our Speakers

Grant Mitchell, Partner, MinterEllison

With 30 years’ experience, Grant leads MinterEllison's Insurance and Corporate Risk team in South Australia. He specialises in professional indemnity claims, construction litigation, directors and officers claims, and more complex public and product liability claims.

Cos Cirocco, National Business Manager & State Manager SA/TAS, Planned Cover

Cos is an Economics graduate and a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB). He is also a Member of the Australian Insurance Law Association and has over 30 years of insurance experience. He is currently the National Business Manager of Planned Cover and Manager of the company’s SA/TAS client base and has specialised in the provision of Professional Indemnity/Liability Insurance and Risk/Claims Management advice to construction professionals for over 25 years.

Felicity Dixon, Risk Manager NSW, informed by Planned Cover

Felicity is a Risk Manager with informed by Planned Cover, advising on professional indemnity insurance risks and their implications found within contracts. She also presents seminars that educate professionals on these risks and how best to manage them. Before joining Planned Cover at the start of 2014, Felicity worked in Sydney, Perth and London as a construction litigation lawyer and front end lawyer drafting construction contracts for a number of large construction, architectural and engineering practices. During her years in private practice she also gained experience in insurance, insolvency and personal injury.

COST

Members $25
Non-members $40

*One ticket per attendee.

CPD

Participation in the full 1-hour webinar will deliver 1 formal CPD point.

Learning outcomes: Participation in this webinar will give attendees a better understanding of the key elements for an effective professional subconsultants agreement, the management of risk and the impact on PI insurance and claims. The session will cover key issues to note when engaging professional subconsultants.

AACA Competencies: Practice Management and Professional Conduct – PC5, PC11; Design Delivery and Construction Phase Services – PC49, PC52, PC57

APBSA Core Area: Practice Management

The recorded webinar includes Q&A with the speakers and a CPD assessment task. Certificates will be provided following viewing of the full webinar and online submission of answers to CPD questions.

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